Police Warn Massachusetts Residents To Beware of Aggressive Turkeys
This time of year has increasingly become Turkey Intimidation Season. Mass Animal Control says calls are on the rise reporting aggressive behavior being displayed by turkeys in residential areas. The…
This time of year has increasingly become Turkey Intimidation Season. Mass Animal Control says calls are on the rise reporting aggressive behavior being displayed by turkeys in residential areas. The aggressive behavior correlates with mating season and runs from March through May. During this time the turkeys are hot and bothered and sometimes take it out by gobbling angrily, following, and even pecking at humans.
The other day on the way to work I got surrounded by a gang of turkeys, one repeatedly pecking my car's tire like it was a viscious battle between 2 lifelong enemies. My tire didn't fight back. Mass Wildlife says the best way to curb the aggresive turkey behavior is to stop feeding them in our communities, which leads to them feeling habituated alongside us and comfortable treating us like jerks.
And hey, if the turkeys don't get us - the allergies will!! Check THIS out:
I love this time of year.... and dread this time of year. The weather starts cheering up, the sun is starting to feel a little warmer on my face, I've decreased the number of layers slung on my body - all good things. But with all the positive changes in the air also comes... the allergens.
This past weekend I noticed that the tree outside my bedroom window - right outside my side of the bed - is covered in buds. That means soon I will look like a prizefighter on the losing end as my eyes become an itchy, swollen mess. We must have the worst allergies in the state, no? The answer is no. We actually don't.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has just released it's 2023 Annual Report on Allergies in America. In it, they list the cities in America with the worst allergy problems and after perusing the list, it could be worse. A lot worse.
I'll give you the Top 5 Worst Allergy Cities in America, followed by every New England city that made the Top 100.
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Worst Allergy Cities in America - #1
WICHITA, KANSAS
Allergy Score (Average = 71.49) - 100.0
Worst Allergy Cities in America - #2
DALLAS, TEXAS
Allergy Score (Average = 71.49) - 87.26
Worst Allergy Cities in America - #3
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
Allergy Score (Average = 71.49) - 87.08
Worst Allergy Cities in America - #4
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
Allergy Score (Average = 71.49) - 86.69
Worst Allergy Cities in America - #5
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
Allergy Score (Average = 71.49) - 86.05
Worst Allergy Cities in America - #6-8
SARASOTA (84.17), CAPE CORAL (81.32), ORLANDO (81.12)
Worst Allergy Cities in America - #27
WORCESTER, MA
Allergy Score (Average = 71.49) - 75.46 (Worse than average!)
Worst Allergy Cities in America - #34
SPRINGFIELD, MA
Allergy Score (Average = 71.49) - 74.48 (Worse than average!)
Worst Allergy Cities in America - #36
HARTFORD, CT
Allergy Score (Average = 71.49) - 74.07 (Worse than average!)
Worst Allergy Cities in America - #38
PROVIDENCE, RI
Allergy Score (Average = 71.49) - 73.63 (Worse than average!)
Worst Allergy Cities in America - #44
NEW HAVEN, CT
Allergy Score (Average = 71.49) - 72.18 (Worse than average!)
Worst Allergy Cities in America - #55
BOSTON, MA
Allergy Score (Average = 71.49) - 70.54 (Better than average!)
Worst Allergy Cities in America - #62
BRIDGEPORT, CT
Allergy Score (Average = 71.49) - 69.69 (Better than average! Also, nice numba!)
